The Kurds and basketball
Some young Kurds find success on a basketball court
Jun 16th 2011
DIYARBAKIR
from the print edition
IN THE alleys of Diyarbakir, Kurdish urchins hurl stones at armoured police vehicles and flash victory signs. The police respond with water cannons. Such sights are common in the unofficial Kurdish capital. The latest outbreak began a month ago, after the Turkish army killed 12 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on the Iraq border. The PKK, which had declared a ceasefire until the election on June 12th, now threatens to resume fighting unless Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, offers Kurds more rights in a new constitution. Some Turks think it would be better to let the Kurds go. “Let them have their own country and get out of ours,” growls Remzi Kok, a carpenter in Istanbul....more...
read more: the economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18836470
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